Re: [HACKERS] Re: Postgresql Docs....

One half-decent newspeak alternative I've seen to "free software" and "open
source" is "Wide-Open Source" (WOS). It seems designed to imply that your licence
is "open source, and then some", such as BSD-style without the advertising clause
and meaningless reference to Berkeley.

"Aaron J. Seigo" wrote:

> > > How about "free software" or "freely available"? As in "free to do
> > > whatever you want", not Free(tm) as in FSF. IMHO, "open source" sounds to
> > > buzzword-compliant these days.
> >
> > How about simply "BSD licensed?"
>
> traditional "BSD Liscences" have that silly advertising
> clause.. which postgres does as well, unfortunately... quite honestly, i find
> that irritating and antiquated. *shrug* not like the regents are exactly doing
> anything important w/postgres now, right? and for all the shouting of "its
> TRULY free", there are string attatched...

Cheers,

Evan @ 4-am